NOTES AND COMMENT 



The Plant World announces two prizes which are to be awarded for 

 the best papers embodying original work in any phase of the water re- 

 lations of plants. The amount of the first prize is $50, and of the 

 second prize $15. The offering of these purses is made possible by the 

 generosity of Prof. B. E. Livingston and by contributions from Dr. D. T. 

 MacDougal, Prof. J. J. Thornber, Dr. J. B. Overton, Dr. H. C. Cowles, 

 Dr. W. A. Cannon, and Mrs. Edith B. Shreve. Competing papers 

 should be written so as to give no internal evidence of authorship, and 

 should be sent to the Editor of The Plant World by December 1st, 

 1915. The manuscripts will be submitted to a committee of seven 

 judges, whose names will be announced later, and the award will be 

 made public on March 1st, 1916. The prizes will be withheld if it is 

 the opinion of the judges that no paper has been submitted which is 

 worthy of them. The second prize will be awarded at the discretion of 

 the judges and may be added to the first prize if there is a wide hiatus 

 between the merits of the two best papers. The Plant World reserves 

 the right to publish any papers submitted in the contest, and in the 

 case of such publication the author will be given an opportunity for 

 the revision of his paper but not for any considerable extension of it. 



The New York State College of Forestry is endeavoring to interest 

 the high schools of that state in an enlargement of the function of 

 arbor day, so that the planting of one or two shade trees will be re- 

 placed by the planting of one or two thousands of trees on some avail- 

 able piece of land suited only for forest growth. The boys and girls 

 who have helped to plant a forest will undoubtedly take a deep interest 

 in the protection and conservation of all forests. 



The Biological Society of the Pacific met in San Francisco on Feb- 

 ruary 27th to partake of a dinner, and to discuss plans for scientific 

 meetings and field trips in connection with the session of the American 

 Association in San Francisco in August. 



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